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St. Patrick School Parent Link March 4, 2010
FROM THE DESK OF: Dr. Lonnie Hughes
St. Patrick School Newsletter

TEACHERS INSTITUTE
There will be no school tomorrow, March 5

REPORT CARDS
Teachers will distribute report cards on Monday, March 8



RICE BOWLS
Please return Rice Bowls the week of Holy Week.




ATTENTION 7TH GRADE PARENTS
Just a reminder that your pizza kits will be delivered on March 12 at noon. You may pick them up at that time or they can be sent home with your child.



All Parents, Teachers and Students are Invited

General PTO Meeting
March 9, 2010
6:30pm in the gym

*St Patrick's students and families, please plan on attending this meeting. Let us celebrate...St Pat's will continue its great history of Catholic education!

*Come check out what PTO has been doing this year. PTO will be providing treats and refreshments and there will be entertainment provided by some of our students.

*Students who attend will earn a Spirit Day Pass.

*We will be taking nominations for the 2010-2011 PTO board positions. Any parent is eligible. All positions will begin July 2010 and end June 2011.

*Any parent interested in becoming involved with St Patrick's PTO should take this as a wonderful opportunity to become more active in our great school.

*Please show your support for St Patrick's School, together we will keep this school going and growing. See you there!



YARD SIGNS
There are yard signs in the office to encourage enrollment at St. Patrick's School! If you are interested in putting a sign in your front yard, or know a really good vantage point to place one, please see Marta in the School Office, she will supply you with a sign. Let's advertise the great school that we have! .



8th GRADE RAFFLE
We will be selling 8th Grade Raffle tickets at lunch time on Friday. Tickets are .25 each, 5 for $1.00 or 30 for $5.



EASY $'S for ST. PAT'S WHEN YOU SHOP AT GFS Anytime you shop at GFS and upon check out you tell the Cashier that you want your order credited to St. Pat's PTO @ 110 Willow Avenue and St. Pat's get's a percentage back directly in the form of a check. Just one more way to help out your school. (If you are shopping for Athletics or any other organization at St. Pat's you can always tell them to apply the credit to that organization.)







MARCH 2010
5 (Fri.) Teacher Institute - (No School)
8 (Mon) 2nd Trimester Report Cards to Parents
9 (Tues.) Student Mass 8:30 am
9 (Tues.) PTO Mtg.-7:00 pm
11 (Thurs.) Spring Pictures/Graduation Picture Retake (8:30 a.m.)
11 (Thurs.) Region III Principals' Mtg.12:00
12 (Fri.) Reg'l Science Fair
16 (Tues.) Student Mass-8:30 am
17 (Wed.) St. Patrick Day
19 (Thurs.) St. Joseph's Table Lunch All Grades
23 (Tues.) Student Mass
25 (Thurs.) Young at Heart 55 Club - 1:00
28 (Sun.) Palm Sunday/Joliet City Center Easter Parade
30 (Tues.) Living Stations 1:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
31 (Wed.) Student Mass (8:30 a.m.) Blessing of Easter Baskets
APRIL 2010
1 (Thurs.) Teacher Inservice - (11:30 a.m. Dismissal)
1 (Thurs.) Communion Pictures (Evening)
2 (Fri.) Good Friday - No School
4 (Sun.) Easter Sunday
5 (Mon.) Spring Break Begins
12 (Mon.) School Resumes
St. Patrick School | 110 Willow Avenue | Joliet | IL | 60436